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Step into the vibrant world of Mexico’s Día de los Muertos, where music, color, and joyful spirits fill the air. Under the elegant gaze of La Catrina, you will celebrate tradition while building a living, breathing village of your own design.
 
Viva Catrina is a strategic tile-laying game where every placement matters. On your turn, you will select from available tiles and weave them into your growing tableau:

• Connect butterflies and visitors with winding paths.
• Build pedestals to attract mystical chimeras.
• Launch soaring balloon flights to multiply your points.

 
But be careful: an ill-placed tile could cut off your routes or block your biggest opportunities. The race to claim chimeras and balloon tiles adds a lively dose of tension, keeping everyone on their toes.
The real magic of Viva Catrina lies in seeing your village come to life. Each game flows smoothly, full of clever decisions, colorful interactions, and festive charm.
 
Now you can experience it all on Board Game Arena, wherever you are, whenever you want. Build, celebrate, and honor tradition, one tile at a time.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=vivacatrina
 
Let's send our most sugar-coated sweets to The Flying Games team, and the designers Frédéric Boulle & Grégory Grard, not forgetting the huge work done by Moof to make it available online for most devices, and playable from anywhere in the world!
 
That's it for your Monday release.
Until Wednesday, as always, take care and play fair!
 
 
 

I wrote a tutorial for this game a few months ago!

https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?gam ... orial=1971

very nice implementation of a beautiful game.

Danke für das tolle Tutorial! Das sollte unbedingt beim Spiel verlinkt werden!

Hello Nekonyancer,
I love your tutorials so much! They’re always so easy to understand and have helped me learn so many games. I really can’t thank you enough!
This one is great too, even if it’s a bit fiddly (as you said yourself ). Now that I think I understand the basics, I can’t wait to try playing it. Thanks again!

Nekonyancer wrote: ↑15 September 2025, 13:06 I wrote a tutorial for this game a few months ago!

Das Tutorial gefällt mir. Wird es das auch auf deutsch geben?

Nekonyancer wrote: ↑15 September 2025, 13:06 I wrote a tutorial for this game a few months ago!

https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?gam ... orial=1971

There appears to be a slight mistake in the tutorial. At step 20 it says that Chimeras' sizes are 2x2 and 2x4, but the latter should actually be 2x5.

MrKoalabär wrote: ↑16 September 2025, 01:23 Das Tutorial gefällt mir. Wird es das auch auf deutsch geben?

Die Community hat schon übersetzt.

Segrain wrote: ↑17 September 2025, 15:45

Nekonyancer wrote: ↑15 September 2025, 13:06 I wrote a tutorial for this game a few months ago!

https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?gam ... orial=1971

There appears to be a slight mistake in the tutorial. At step 20 it says that Chimeras' sizes are 2x2 and 2x4, but the latter should actually be 2x5.

Thank you! I'll fix it as soon as I get to my computer!

I freaking love this game. I wish more people were playing it! So simple, yet so good.